Joshua具有一个特殊的能力，他可以读出别人的思想。约书亚拉扎勒斯是一个寄养家庭长大的孩子，他拥有精神感应的能力。他使用他的超能力帮助政府。政府告诉他，他的精神感应能力来自威德曼氏症的副作用，他最终会因为此病而精神错乱乃至死…

Stephen Fry returns to his boarding school and befriends a new shy pupil, Bunce and helps him throughout the first term. Fry is often caned by his headmaster for visiting a village sweet shop, which is "out of bound…